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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndrewClayton" data-source="post: 160042" data-attributes="member: 28745"><p>They enclosure are the exact opposite they get rid of humidity due to the mesh lid, anyway humidity is irrelevant when it comes to Ts it dry sub damp sub or part damp part dry if you’re T is from an arid place like the desert it will live on dry substrate with a water dish if you’re T is from a forest area where humidity is high this translates to damp substrate nothing to do with humidity. Also the mesh lid on them should be replace with acrylic or polycarbonate as a T can get it’s tarsal claws stuck in the fine mesh and end up loosing a leg. So long story short you have an arid T so keep it on dry substrate and just overflow the water dish every couple of weeks depending on how fast it drys out obviously lol. They are slow growing and have a slow metabolism so try not to feed it too much twice a month is sufficient any more and you run the risk of you’re T fasting for a long time before moulting. Get as much substrate In that enclosure as you can maybe even make it incline up the back, as a rule of thumb terrestrial species shouldn’t be allowed any more than 1.5x leg span from substrate to the top of tank due to fall risk</p></blockquote><p></p>